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  • Beloved bunny will star in the first collaboration between the theme park and the city’s top ballet dance troupe
  • ‘StellaLou’s Wonderful Wishes Ballet’ will run from April 5 to 10 and April 14 to 16, with sign language interpretation available for theme songs at all performances
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  • Uptick in respiratory syncytial virus and hand, foot and mouth disease cases in community a result of students dropping masks, according to Dr Patrick Ip
  • He reminds parents to make sure children wash hands, get vaccinated, says social activities and exercise should be encouraged
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  • Even the artist behind the record-breaking manga series experiences writer’s block – and OpenAI’s chatbot was able to help him out
  • Curious to know how ChatGPT was trained? Take a look at our graphic explainer below
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  • Incident caused jams stretching back 4km from scene
  • Firefighters rush to secure vehicle and lead passengers to safety
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  • Former awards winners Dorothy Cheng and Dr Brian Chung share how they were inspired by their experiences and how it affects their lives today
  • Biennial HLMA competition provides an opportunity for secondary students to hone their research skills in mathematics and compete for a share of HK$1 million in prizes
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  • Starting from the end of March, the Hong Kong band will perform around western Europe, with concerts in London, Manchester, Berlin and Amsterdam
  • The Cantopop musicians see this trip as a way of reuniting with those who have emigrated from Hong Kong and forged new lives elsewhere
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  • Exhausted workers criticised the campaign aimed at tackling the country’s dwindling labour force and low birth rates
  • Each week, we choose a picture from the news and provide questions to help you dive deeper into the topic
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  • Earlier this month, law enforcement officers seized 90-year-old Chan Tak-ching’s cart because it was being operated by an unlicensed third party in her absence
  • The itinerant hawker has appealed to authorities to change the ‘outdated’ legislation governing the struggling sector
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  • Practise your English with our short listening exercises: play the audio linked below, answer the questions, and check the answers at the bottom of the page
  • This week’s podcast discusses a practice that aims to give people a little more sunshine
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  • Condition occurs when your bedtime changes more than two hours and throws off your body’s natural clock, says sleep specialist Dr Kenny Pang
  • Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we’ve written
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  • Each week, two of our readers debate a hot topic in a showdown that doesn’t necessarily reflect their personal viewpoints
  • This week, they discuss whether Hongkongers should keep covering their faces, even if it is no longer required by law
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  • Our writing competition starts with 10 students, who are eliminated one at a time based on your votes and YP editors’ picks – who will you choose?
  • This week, contestants share what they would do if they woke up to find they had become elderly overnight
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  • Korean-American writer of ‘The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea’ has published 4 young adult fiction novels – all are related to her home country, South Korea
  • Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we’ve written
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  • Extra frigid winters in the US are the result of climate change and the polar vortex stretching down from the Arctic, one student explains
  • Schools must create safe environments for LGBTQ students, another reader says
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